GS101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: George Ritzer, Global Spread Of H5N1, Homo Sapiens
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Gs 101 - a: lecture: tuesday, september 19th and thursday, september 21st: A nation refers to a group of people who regard themselves as being one people, a folk, by virtue of culture. A sense of belonging together as a meaningful group based on shared culture rooted in: Institutionalized and patterned set of beliefs, values, behaviours and practices. Steger"s definition: culture refers to the symbolic construction, articulation and dissemination of meaning. Global culture: culture refers to the symbolic construction, articulation and dissemination of meaning . Cultural practices have escaped the prison of fixed localities such as town and nation, eventually acquiring new meanings in interaction with dominant global themes . Practices are global and spread around the world acquiring new meanings. Orend"s definition: culture is a way of life; the way people that people think, speak, behave and spend their time. Focuses on political and religious ideologies (ex.
